What is your fee?

You get a call from someone, not an agency, asking if you can interpret a meeting. You look at your calendar and see you have a prior engagement. You decline the assignment but recommend a colleague you respect. The person hiring then asks your opinion on the fee they were going to offer.

--if you can't take the job, should you even comment on the fee?
--is it ethical to say, "that is within the range we work", "that is low", or "that is high"?
--should the fee be different since the job wouldn't be through an agency?

Skipping out early

You interpret at a high school. Your show up to the last period of the day and notice your student skipped out early. What do you do? Do you leave? If you leave, do you report that on your invoice? What are your options?

+What is the ethical conflict?
+What is the Code of Professional Conduct the interpreters should be keeping in mind?
+What did you do?
+What should you do?
+What are the consequences of your decision?